My, How Life Has Changed

In a little more than 2 years, a lot has changed in Doug's and my life.

2008

• Doug and I lived in an apartment.
• Both of us had to have jobs just to pay the bills.
• We drove 45+ minutes to and from work.
• We had a Great Dane.
• We went to the movies about once a week and spent Fridays at the park letting Hattie run and throwing a football or playing catch with a baseball.
• We spent the weekends watching football, hanging out at home, sleeping in until 11 on Saturdays and going to church on Sundays.

2009

• Doug and I lived in a 2 bedroom, 2 bath house with a small yard.
• Doug worked and I planned our wedding or laid on the couch with morning sickness.  My working was not vital to our livelihood.
• Doug drove 15 minutes to work.
• We had a Great Dane and a Labrador.
• We went to the movies twice a month, due to the theater being pretty far away.  We also didn't go to the park much, because there weren't any.
• We spent weekends watching football, hanging out in the backyard with the dogs and sleeping in.

2010

• For several months, we lived in a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house with a huge backyard.
• For the last part of the year, we lived in a 4 bedroom, 2 bath house with a sizable backyard.
• For the first half of the year, Doug worked and I gestated Weston.  For the second half of the year, I took care of Weston, which is a full-time, but unpaid (financially) job.  Again, it was not necessary for me to have to work.
• Doug drove 5 minutes to work.  After we moved, Doug drove 25 minutes to work.
• We had a Great Dane, a Labrador and a baby boy.
• We went to the movies several times previous to late June.  In fact, we went 3 days before Weston was born.  We have gone to two (2!) movies since Weston has been here.  One was a children's movie.
• We spent the weekends during the first half of the year going to Babies R Us 45 minutes away, shopping for baby things, going to church and enjoying the last few months of couple hood that we had.  We spent weekends the second half of the year getting up before the sun, going places just to get out of the house and entertain the baby, and going to church.

Our life has changed so much in 28 months.  Sometimes I mourn our old life where we could do whatever we wanted whenever we wanted.  We could stay up very late because there wasn't a little one beckoning us at 6 am.  However, that said, I also wouldn't trade being a mom for my old life any day.  Seeing Weston smile and watching him discover and learn new things everyday is SO much better than any Hollywood movie!!